If I lived on the West Coast

[Ripsnort]

I certainly hope no one is saying Japan did not build the reactors correctly.

There is one truth I learned at an early age.  If man can build it, mother nature can take it down.

Or teenagers....  

[grizz441]

to avoid getting into a pointless argument with you, im just going to say yea. thats my opinion. and leave it at that.

Lol, what argument?  You said that mother nature is in charge and I was seeing if you could expand upon it and how that relates to man's need versus risk for nuclear power but you stopped short of a complete thought on the subject matter. 

Btw I agree with you that mother nature is in charge in the long run.

[FiLtH]

  I didnt take it as trying to be funny. If I lived there Id probably use a geiger counter if I had one. Its radiation on the loose. Nothing wrong in being concerned.

[moot]

Skuzzy
Onagawa power plant was nearer the epicenter and someone I talk to on another forum (nasaspaceflight) with a relative on site at the time says the waves there were at least as big as at Fukushima.  Onagawa is running "fine" right now.

Fukushima really was a perfect storm.

[Rolex]

Onagawa is shutdown.

[moot]

Really.. Can you say why/since when?

[Ripsnort]

I'd be very leary of buying anything from Japan in the months to come, electronic or other...without a gieger counter to check its level after it arrives.

 

[moot]

.. They did shut down Onagawa after that turbine fire, according to wikipedia.  Guess you really have to check every single detail yourself rather than take anyone's word for it.

[Rolex]

Numbers 1 and 3 shut down automatically after quake, and #2 has been off line since November 2010. There was a small fire reported after the quake, but it was determined to be smoke from one of the diesel backup generators.

Link The 0.0 in the boxes is the power output from each reactor.

[Rolex]

I'd be very leary of buying anything from Japan in the months to come, electronic or other...without a gieger counter to check its level after it arrives.

 

That looks about right - four tin foil hats.

[Ripsnort]

That looks about right - four tin foil hats.

Staying in theme with the original topic post. 

[Rolex]

Most threads on any bulletin board degrade quickly. This one actually got smarter. 

[grizz441]

I haven't heard much about the reactors from the US mainstream media for the last few days.  I assume that means that the situation is improving and they don't have enough ammo to shell out more sensationalized dramatic crap.

[VonMessa]

I haven't heard much about the reactors from the US mainstream media for the last few days.  I assume that means that the situation is improving and they don't have enough ammo to shell out more sensationalized dramatic crap.

For you  



"News" really isn't anymore...

[ozrocker]

I haven't heard much about the reactors from the US mainstream media for the last few days.  I assume that means that the situation is improving and they don't have enough ammo to shell out more sensationalized dramatic crap.

18,000 or more missing, death toll will be over 10,000, continued radiation leaks, food sources being contaminated.
Continual aftershocks. What exactly is being sensationalized? If anything, I would be concerned about the actual truth vs.
the information that's put out by a Utility company and a Government well known to downplay problems to save face.

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